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Ilene

"Money and fame define success in my culture. I think it is similar for the people in the UAE, however I also feel family is very important there, and having a good connection to your family defines success as well. To be successful I want to be a sought after designer, as well as generally happy. Money would be good but an appreciation of my work would be better. I also want to have a happy home life, and live happily with my family( my future family, as well as my present family like my parents and brother)"

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"I want to die not thinking about what I could have done or should have done, if I die content I will have lived a successful life. I want to have art that is sought after, I would also like to make art that could help people like working for a non profit."

Fatma

I think that success in the Emirate culture is divided into two. Success in the eye of the older generation is different than younger generations' perception of success. I believe that older generations' perception is very simple, to them being successful is to build a family and make a living to provide for the family. In contrast, I think the younger generation demands more to achieve success, its more complicated and harder.To them success is achieved by getting an education, having a social life, having a family, pursuing a career and being financially independent .

To me success is to find a balance between the chaos. Success is to find a balance between having a professional life, a personal life and a social life. To not give up to failure and to keep on trying to achieve success. Maintaining success is also important. I believe that could be achieved by developing new skills, improving old skills and putting them in good use. To me Success is also about taking chances and using given opportunities. That doesn't necessarily mean getting them all right and getting out of them with amazing result but to actually try out your best in making the best out of it and if it doesn't work out well moving on and not losing hope is success.

A for my life I think success is to help out others, be an active member in the society, to be a good family member, to produce work, to learn, spread the knowledge, to be a good Muslim. I think that would require a lot of time and hard work to be achieved fully. Again it’s about finding a balance and creating an order to the chaos of life.

As an artist I think I could achieve success by delivering my message what ever that might be to people; As well as touching people's feelings and to move something inside them. Being a successful artist to me also would mean to get recognitions in the local and hopefully regional art scene. I also think to be successful I would have to spread the knowledge I have and share it with others. I would also have to develop my skills keep up with things around. Always learn new methods and techniques. I’d also have to contribute to the society in some sort of social services or community work in order to be a successful artist.

For this class, I believe success could only be achieved by being communicative and by sharing ideas and thoughts and skills and to help out others and to finally create a final product that would be both aesthetically successful and conceptually meaningful.

To be successful is to GROW UP

here is a video I found that illustrates success in its simplest form. Growing up and moving on in life by it self is a sign of success!

Growing Up from Jr.canest on Vimeo.

Success does not happen by accident, it happens by design.

Bora

"These days most women want to be successful in their career. Women are receiving higher education and they expect high for themselves. They want to be independent. However, women are struggling when they meet the time of marriage because they want to be a good wife and mother and at the same time they want to do well in their career. I think that it is very difficult to maintain both roles well at the same time. Thus, when a woman does both roles successfully, we call her a successful woman. "